His successor AlWasik （Vathek，of the terrible eyes） was the first to appoint a Turk his Sultan or regent. After his reign they became praetorians and led to the downfall of the Abbasides.
[99] The Persian saying is'First at the feast and last at the fray.'
[100] i.e. a tempter，a seducer.
[101] Arab.'Waylak'here probably used in the sense of'Wayhak'an expression of affectionate concern.
[102] Firdausi，the Homer of Persia，affects the same magnificent exaggeration. The trampling of men and horses raises such a dust that it takes one layer （of the seven） from earth and adds it to the （seven of the） Heavens. The'blaze'on the stallion's forehead （Arab.'Ghurrah'） is the white gleam of the morning.
[103] A _disibledevent=a doer （of derring do）. They also named the Montes Gordaei the original Ararat of Xisisthrus Noah's Ark. The Kurds are of Persian race，speaking an old and barbarous Iranian tongue and often of the Shi'ah sect. They are born bandits，highwaymen，cattlelifters；yet they have spread extensively over Syria and Egypt and have produced some glorious men，witness Sultan Salah alDin （Saladin） the Great. They claim affinity with the English in the East，because both races always inhabit the highest grounds they can find.